A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings, taken from the life. By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick.

People / Organizations

• Elizabeth Blackwell (Author)
• John Nourse ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for John Nourse at the Lamb without Temple Bar, 1739.

Added name

Nourse, J. (John), -1780, bookseller.

Publication year

1739

ESTC No.

T83978

Grub Street ID

304391

Description

2 v., plates ; 2°.

Note

Engraved throughout

With an index to each volume

Originally published in weekly instalments

A reissue of the 1737 edition with the imprint to vol.I re-engraved; vol.II has the same titlepage as the 1737 edition, with the imprint: "London printed for Samuel Harding .. 1737"

Make-up of the preliminaries varies

Plates are numbered. First volume contains 1-252 plates; second volume 253-500.